| Paleophysiology and end-Permian mass extinction AH Knoll, RK Bambach, JL Payne, S Pruss, WW Fischer Earth and Planetary Science Letters 256 (3-4), 295-313, 2007 | 619 | 2007 |
| Low Mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen levels and the delayed rise of animals NJ Planavsky, CT Reinhard, X Wang, D Thomson, P McGoldrick, ... science 346 (6209), 635-638, 2014 | 458 | 2014 |
| Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars JP Grotzinger, S Gupta, MC Malin, DM Rubin, J Schieber, K Siebach, ... Science 350 (6257), 2015 | 400 | 2015 |
| The magnitude and duration of Late Ordovician–Early Silurian glaciation S Finnegan, K Bergmann, JM Eiler, DS Jones, DA Fike, I Eisenman, ... Science 331 (6019), 903-906, 2011 | 385 | 2011 |
| Enigmatic origin of the largest-known carbon isotope excursion in Earth's history JP Grotzinger, DA Fike, WW Fischer Nature Geoscience 4 (5), 285-292, 2011 | 276 | 2011 |
| Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle CT Reinhard, NJ Planavsky, BC Gill, K Ozaki, LJ Robbins, TW Lyons, ... Nature 541 (7637), 386-389, 2017 | 224 | 2017 |
| Evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis WW Fischer, J Hemp, JE Johnson Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 44, 647-683, 2016 | 212 | 2016 |
| On the origins of oxygenic photosynthesis and aerobic respiration in Cyanobacteria RM Soo, J Hemp, DH Parks, WW Fischer, P Hugenholtz Science 355 (6332), 1436-1440, 2017 | 196 | 2017 |
| Wave-modified turbidites: combined-flow shoreline and shelf deposits, Cambrian, Antarctica PM Myrow, W Fischer, JW Goodge Journal of Sedimentary research 72 (5), 641-656, 2002 | 192 | 2002 |
| Manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis before the rise of cyanobacteria JE Johnson, SM Webb, K Thomas, S Ono, JL Kirschvink, WW Fischer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (28), 11238-11243, 2013 | 171 | 2013 |
| An iron shuttle for deepwater silica in Late Archean and early Paleoproterozoic iron formation WW Fischer, AH Knoll Geological Society of America Bulletin 121 (1-2), 222-235, 2009 | 162 | 2009 |
| Redox stratification of an ancient lake in Gale crater, Mars JA Hurowitz, JP Grotzinger, WW Fischer, SM McLennan, RE Milliken, ... Science 356 (6341), 2017 | 150 | 2017 |
| Origin of acidic surface waters and the evolution of atmospheric chemistry on early Mars JA Hurowitz, WW Fischer, NJ Tosca, RE Milliken Nature Geoscience 3 (5), 323-326, 2010 | 137 | 2010 |
| Oxygenation of the ocean and sediments: consequences for the seafloor carbonate factory JA Higgins, WW Fischer, DP Schrag Earth and Planetary Science Letters 284 (1-2), 25-33, 2009 | 132 | 2009 |
| Climate change and the selective signature of the Late Ordovician mass extinction S Finnegan, NA Heim, SE Peters, WW Fischer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (18), 6829-6834, 2012 | 129 | 2012 |
| An astrobiological perspective on Meridiani Planum AH Knoll, M Carr, B Clark, DJ Des Marais, JD Farmer, WW Fischer, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240 (1), 179-189, 2005 | 129 | 2005 |
| Dust deposition over the Dead Sea A Singer, E Ganor, S Dultz, W Fischer Journal of Arid Environments 53 (1), 41-59, 2003 | 126 | 2003 |
| Isotopic constraints on the Late Archean carbon cycle from the Transvaal Supergroup along the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa WW Fischer, S Schroeder, JP Lacassie, NJ Beukes, T Goldberg, ... Precambrian Research 169 (1-4), 15-27, 2009 | 121 | 2009 |
| The phylogenetic position of the tuatara, Sphenodon (Sphenodontida, Amniota), as indicated by cladistic analysis of the ultrastructure of spermatozoa BGM Jamieson, JM Healy Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 1992 | 119* | 1992 |
| Targeted genomic detection of biosynthetic pathways: anaerobic production of hopanoid biomarkers by a common sedimentary microbe WW Fischer, RE Summons, A Pearson Geobiology 3 (1), 33-40, 2005 | 117 | 2005 |
